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Thought For the Day: Do Not Let Your Fire Go Out, Spark By Irreplaceable Spark In the Hopeless Swamps of the Not-Quite, the Not-Yet, and the Not-At-All
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.” – author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Thought For the Day: America’s Abundance Was Created Not By Public Sacrifices To ‘the Common Good’, But By the Productive Genius of Free Men
“America’s abundance was created not by public sacrifices to ‘the common good,’ but by the productive genius of free men.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Thought For the Day: If Some Men Are Entitled By Right To The Products of the Work of Others, It Means That Those Others Are Deprived of Rights
“If some men are entitled by right to the products of the work of others, it means that those others are deprived of rights.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Thought For the Day: Any Alleged ‘Right’ of One Man, Which Necessitates the Violation of the Rights of Another, Is Not and Cannot Be A Right
“Any alleged ‘right’ of one man, which necessitates the violation of the rights of another, is not and cannot be a right.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Thought For the Day: Every Man Is An End In Himself, Not A Means To the Ends of Others, Not A Sacrificial Animal Serving Anyone’s Need
“The moral justification of capitalism is man’s right to exist for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to others nor sacrificing others to himself; it is the recognition that man — every man — is an end in himself, not … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: There Can Be No Compromise On Basic Principles
“There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.” – Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
Thought For the Day: The Difference Between A Welfare State and A Totalitarian State Is A Matter of Time
“The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time.”– -author and philosopher Ayn Rand (1905-1982)
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Thought For the Day: Collectivism Holds That the Individual Has No Rights, That His Life and Work Belong to the Group…and That the Group May Sacrifice Him At Its Whim To Its Own Interests
“Collectivism holds that the individual has no rights, that his life and work belong to the group (to ‘society,’ to the tribe, the state, the nation) and that the group may sacrifice him at its own whim to its own … Continue reading
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Thought For the Day: The Only Proper Purpose of Government Is To Protect Man’s Rights, Which Means: To Protect Him From Physical Violence
“The only proper purpose of a government is to protect man’s rights, which means: to protect him from physical violence. A proper government is only a policeman, acting as an agent of man’s self-defense, and, as such, may only resort … Continue reading
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